Results 1-20 of 156 for terrorism speaker:Patrick Mercer

Written Answers — Home Department: Immigration Controls (21 Jul 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to paragraph 8.19 of the United Kingdom's Strategy for Countering International Terrorism, published in March 2009, what recent progress his Department has made on the formation of powers to exclude European Economic Area nationals from entering the UK on grounds of national security, unacceptable behaviour, public order or...

Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (9 Jul 2009) has video

Patrick Mercer: I am grateful to the Minister, but he has not answered my question. As he knows, I head up the counter-terrorism sub-committee, and I am not aware of any great tensions or worries among the police or security services about the individuals who had to be released at the last moment. Am I wrong, or has he, or the Home Secretary, been under pressure about the individuals who have gone to the...

Written Answers — Justice: Terrorism: Prisons (7 Jul 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to paragraph 8.05 of the United Kingdom's Strategy for Countering International Terrorism, published in March 2009, what arrangements have been put in place in prisons within the high security estate in England and Wales for the collection of intelligence relating to prisoners suspected or convicted of terrorist-related activities or...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Patrick Mercer: ...bores me because the Government will not come clean about it. The reason I and others supported the measure originally was not because it was claimed to be a particularly powerful tool against terrorism. I can see that there may be advantages to the scheme provided that it works, that we can afford it, and that the cards cannot be forged. However, I cannot buy the argument that the card...

Women and Equality: National Security Strategy (25 Jun 2009) has video

Patrick Mercer: The Minister will be aware how critical the counter-terrorism sub-committee has been, despite the slowness of establishing the new operations centre, and, similarly, how concerned we have been at the slowness of establishing the counter-terrorism units in the various regions up and down the United Kingdom. Can he assure us that there will be proper and sensible liaison between the two bodies,...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (2 Jun 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to paragraph 9.09 of the UK's Strategy for Countering International Terrorism, published in March 2009, what the cost of the key deliverables in the Prevent Delivery Plan (a) has been in each year since 2003 and (b) is expected to be in 2009-10.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Internet (2 Jun 2009)

Patrick Mercer: ...Home Department pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 156W, on community relations: internet, what material has been classified by her Department as unlawful under the Terrorism Act 2006 to date; and what routine discussions her Department has had with the European Commission on such classifications.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Internet (2 Jun 2009)

Patrick Mercer: ...of State for the Home Department what powers her Department has to (a) order the closure of websites hosted in the UK which display material considered by her Department to be unlawful under the Terrorism Act 2006 and (b) to restrict the activities of owners of such sites.

Intelligence and Security Committee (7 May 2009) has video

Patrick Mercer: I speak in this debate every year, and it is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wirral, South (Ben Chapman). This is the first time that I have risen to speak as chairman of the counter-terrorism sub-committee. On that note, I thank the Home Secretary and draw attention to the outstanding work of a little-known organisation, which has, in fairness, been mentioned today—that is,...

Intelligence and Security Committee (7 May 2009) has video

Patrick Mercer: ...the most vocal of those who were injured during the 7/7 attacks, and is an extremely articulate young women who has made her views clearly known. She said: "Two things are important to victims of terrorism, crime and violence: justice and truth. There will never be justice in the 7/7 matters since the 4 murderers chose to die willingly by their own hand rather than face a jury and a Judge....

Written Answers — Home Department: Demonstrations: Parliament Square (6 May 2009)

Patrick Mercer: ...in a designated area; (2) how many items have been confiscated by the police from Tamil demonstrators in Parliament Square and in lieu of arrest under the provisions of section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 since the commencement of the protest; (3) how many arrests the police have made in connection with the Tamil protest in Parliament Square and adjacent areas since its commencement;...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Crime Prevention (21 Apr 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2009, Official Report, column 695W, on terrorism, (1) what proportion of the £2.5 billion counter-terrorism and intelligence budget is accounted for by the counter-terrorism strategy; (2) what estimate she has made of the counter-terrorism and intelligence budget in (a) 2009-10 and (b)...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Crime Prevention (1 Apr 2009)

Patrick Mercer: ...which has been allocated to police forces under the Prevent strand of Project Contest for 2008-09 has been spent on (a) recruiting, (b) training and (c) paying community engagement and counter terrorism intelligence officers; (4) how much police forces under the Prevent strand of Project Contest for 2008-09 (a) have been allocated for 2008-09 and (b) is planned to be allocated for...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (31 Mar 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, column 925W, on terrorism, how much (a) has been spent and (b) is expected to be spent by police forces in England and Wales on the delivery of counter-terrorism local profiles.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (18 Mar 2009)

Patrick Mercer: ...the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals are believed by the Security Service to pose a direct threat to national security and public safety because of their support for terrorism.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (16 Mar 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in implementing counter-terrorism local profiles to enable the sharing of information between local authority chief executives and police borough commanders.

Written Answers — Home Department: Deportation: Offenders (4 Mar 2009)

Patrick Mercer: ...: offenders, what progress has been made on (a) the 11 cases where her Department is seeking to deport individuals on grounds of national security because of their suspected involvement in terrorism and (b) the 19 cases where action on national security grounds was commenced but later discontinued.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (24 Feb 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on the (a) prepare, (b) prevent, (c) protect and (d) pursue strands of the Contest counter-terrorism strategy in each of the last three years.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Internet (24 Feb 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK-based websites have been closed down because they contained extremist material inciting terrorism in the last five years.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism Act 2000: Prosecutions (23 Feb 2009)

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for offences under sections (i) 11, (ii) 12 and (iii) 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each year since 2001.